Multimorbidity could cause a healthcare crisis – here’s what we can do about it
Multimorbidity is one of the biggest challenges facing healthcare. In recent years, a succession of research studies have shown that people with multiple health problems are more likely to have a worse quality of life, worse mental health and reduced life expectancy.
Bristol Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) Pre-Grant patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE)
A partnership and panel event to support School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) FR15/16 applications.
Confessions of a NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellow
17 July 2017
For 25 years, I have been a frustrated researcher. Like many, I came into the field of research to make a difference. But as the years passed, I realised that research had little influence on healthcare policymaking or practice.
Public Involvement Workshops 2017: Public Contributor Perspective
The SPCR recently hosted 6 workshops to promote patient and public involvement in the early stages of study design, to support potential FR15 and 16 funding bids. One such workshop titled 'Clinical trials- online recruitment and electronic health records' was attended by public contributor Eric Deeson, who has written about his experiences on the day.
Developing a measure of appropriate polypharmacy in primary care: the first steps
Increasing multimorbidity and the rising numbers of guidelines focussing on how to treat specific medical conditions have led to widespread polypharmacy (the use of multiple medications in one individual).
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March 2024 | NIHR SPCR Newsletter
26 March 2024
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Now Open! SPCR Public Involvement and Engagement Fund
25 March 2024
SPCR has launched a new PPIE funding call to provide researchers with funds to explore and develop new relationships with groups, organisations and communities currently under-served by research or health and care in general.